African authorities cite wife’s extramarital affair in slaying of Minnesota missionary

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Two of three suspects in the Oct. 25 slaying of northwestern Minnesota missionary Beau Shroyer in Angola have been arrested and were presented by authorities in the provincial capital of Lubango on Thursday. A third suspect is still being sought, according to the Angolan Press Agency ANGOP.

All three suspects are Angolan men in their early 20s — one was a guard at the Shroyer residence — and all have criminal records of armed robbery and kidnapping, according to the Angolan Criminal Investigation Service.

In a Thursday article by the Angolan Press Agency, CIS alleges that Beau Shroyer’s wife, Jackie Shroyer, 44, was the “mastermind” behind the slaying, which allegedly occurred after Beau Shroyer, 44, was lured to a remote area by the suspects, who feigned engine failure, then fatally stabbed him while his wife was away from the scene.

The article suggests that Jackie Shroyer was only pretending to be distraught when police arrived at the scene and that she was not in Lubango “for ‘alleged’ health reasons” when the other suspects were presented on Thursday.

According to Superintendent of Criminal Investigation Manuel Halaiwa, the motive for the homicide was “strong suspicions of a romantic relationship” with the security guard who has been charged and “a presumed intention of the wife not wanting to leave Angola when her husband’s mission had ended.”

Jackie Shroyer allegedly had $50,000 to pay for the homicide; Halaiwa said the evidence includes the vehicle used to commit the crime, the murder weapon (a knife from the United States that Beau Shroyer had allegedly offered to the security guard) and 4.5 million kwanzas (about $5,000) that were seized.

Jackie Shroyer and the two Angolan suspects are in custody on a judge’s order.

Halaiwa said the American embassy is monitoring the situation, and that contacts have also been initiated with family members.

Beau Shroyer joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013 before becoming a real estate agent in the area. In 2021, he and his wife and their five children moved to southern Africa to become missionaries.

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